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February 22, 10l£ 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
INDIAN* 
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Let One Buy 
You Another 
B UY an Indiana Silo this year. It wilTmore than 
pay for itself, and buy another for you next 
year. The two will earn every year the price 
of several acres of prime farm land—even at pres¬ 
ent high prices. 
The IndianaSilo is the corner-stone on which many 
ambitious farmers have founded their fortunes. 
It pays better than most silos because it makes better 
silage, allows less waste, stays in better condition, lasts 
longer. That is why 60,000 are in use—many more than any 
other make. Ask Indiana Silo owners. 
Write for our easy payment 
plan and descriptive booklet. 
aLL-ROUNd 
TRACTOR 
The Wor/dsTractor 
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T HIS tractor was built to fit the needs of the all-round farmer—made 
by men who have been farmers themselves. One man runs it and does 
two men’s work. Replaces horses at all kinds of farm work on any size 
farm. Weighs no more than one large horse. That’s why it really replaces 
horses, and really saves money for the farmer. It’s a tractor that will plow, 
harrow, drag, drill, cultivate, mow and pull a binder. Gives you all the 
power you want but wastes none. Uses the horse implements you already 
have without expensive hitches. Farmers are selling horses to buy this 
tractor. 
Write for the folder that tells 
what it can do on your farm. 
THE INDIANA SILO COMPANY 
836 Union Building 
63o Silo Building . . 
. . Anderson, Ind. 
, Kansas City, Mo. 
836 Indiana Building . . Des Moines, Ia- 
836 Live Stock Ex. Bldg., Ft. Worth, Tex. 
Strength and 
Durability 
Write for Silver* 
|New Book on 
Silo Fillers 
In Your Silo 
life-time use, first cost only cost, 
Or no repair expense—no painting—no 
hoops to tighten,fire-proof .that’s the 
The quaU 
___ ity oon- 
_f Vitrified Tile Silo^ 
"Ship-lap” Jointed Bloclu —twisted Btoel 
reinforcing—blocks uniform in color- 
continuous doorway. Steel tup 
roof—steel chute—fire-proof. 
«. M. PRESTON COMPANY 
Dept, 329 Lansing, Mich. 
Oct offbr on Climax Silags 
Cutters and JiidwcU 
Threshers 
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Increase Your 
Dairy and Stock Profits 
1918 catalog tells liow ‘ ‘SUverized Silage" 
brings maximum yield from dairy cows— 
puts weight on fat stock. 4, Ohio”-Cut silage 
Ss l>ctter feed—cut clean—packs air-tight In 
the silo—avoids air pockets—mold-proof. Get 
the facts about Silver’s “Ohio'* Silo Fillers and 
Feed Cutters, used by Experiment Stations every¬ 
where. OS styles and 
sizes. Cata¬ 
log FREE. 
The Silver 
. Mfg. Co., 
r3648r«irfw»y, 
4ALEM. OMli 
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Keep Two 
Cows At the 
Cost of One 
Don’t give them dry fodder or expensive 
mill feeds any longer. Use a Harder S:Ij, turn 
all your corn crop into sweet nourishing silage and 
watch your dairy profits grow. 
Now Gambrel 
Hoof sad* to 
capacity 
have been foremost in America for 20 years, 
by United States Government, leading State 
stitutions and dairy authorities. 
A Harder Silo will cut down your feed bills. 
Il will pay for itself within a year or two -this 
is the experience of hundreds of 
Harder users. 
HARDER MFG. Corp. 
Bo> 11, C0BLESKILL. K I. 
cellar where the meat crock is kept has a 
temperature of 40 degrees. MRS. a. e. n. 
Ohio. 
The difficulty described is what is com¬ 
monly known as bone sour, and is com¬ 
monly caused by injury to the leg. partic¬ 
ularly to the membranes of the.joint, pre¬ 
vious to slaughtering. This injury starts 
up a feverish condition in the part affect¬ 
'd and after the animal is slaughtered de¬ 
composition soon takes place. This gives 
off a rank odor and has the appearance 
described. There is no way of correcting 
the difficulty after the meat has been 
cooled, and except in extreme cases where 
the animal has a decided limp or swelling 
there is no way to detect it. before the 
animal is slaughtered. In those extreme 
cases, of course, it would be advisable to 
use the meat for sausage or fresh meat 
purposes rather than for curing. This 
difficulty is commonly encountered in the 
packing houses, and moat of this sort is 
detected by inserting a ham tryer or other 
narrow, sharp instrument, along the bone- 
of the leg and smelling of it to detect 
whether or not there is a rank, disa¬ 
greeable odor when it is removed. 
Notes on Recent Issues 
The Character op Tiie R. N.-Y.—It 
is with pleasure I noticed the paragraph 
on page 137 declaring the management of 
your paper believes in records of virtue 
and devotion instead of the scandal and 
vice narrated in inflated publicity by the 
average newspaper. This declaration of 
right I have long felt a need for, and it 
has prompted my sending a subscription. 
It is but a mite toward helping along 
what I feel is a noble motive toward a 
much-needed reform. As long as a race 
feeds its intellects on vice, vice will in¬ 
crease. This no rational person denies; 
therefore I hope and pray—for prayers 
count when works follow—other mites of 
influence, as well as money, will he of¬ 
fered till vice is neither read about nor 
indulged iu. 
The Spinning Wheel—I note with 
pleasure The R. N.-Y. is agitating the 
use of the home spinning wheel. Not that 
I want the busy mother, toiling from 
morn till night, to have another burden 
added to her bent shoulders, or another 
furrow to her careworn brow. But I do 
wish some inventor would place on the 
market at a reasonable price a spinning 
machine by which some of the farm spin¬ 
sters may both earn and benefit. Like 
Barbara, for instance, whose “Burning 
Question” appears on page 337. She 
hates to give up driving the laundry wag¬ 
on and settle down to unpaid labor, an 
old maid who isn't really needed. I know 
how to sympathize with her. for the day 
came when the younger sisters in my 
home resented the once-needed care of 
this big sister, and big sister began to feel 
she wasn’t needed. I. the big sister, did 
not grieve their true love by seeking an¬ 
other roof for occupation. Occasional 
chances for outside work nearby came, 
and I accepted them when mother looked 
happy. When she looked worn and tired 
I stayed at home, easing her work when¬ 
ever possible to do so. without making 
her feel she was being laid upon the shelf; 
as for the younger girls, if they want 
their way I let them have it, and retire 
to one of my outside offers, or to some 
private dressmaking, or to write for the 
press, or to an instructive book. I was 
fortunate to have six hens given me. 
Though they do dig up the younger sis¬ 
ter’s flower beds, that calls into exercise 
diplomacy and Golden Rule practice 
which is needed everywhere, and in the 
30 years since I have had my increasing 
flock of hens they have paid for my shoes 
and rubbers and a new set cf dishes, so 
my mother needn’t be ashamed of her 
table. Hear that, Barbara, and this, also: 
I am some older than-you. and an old 
maid, too, but I do not mind that, espe¬ 
cially as last week two married women 
complained of the ragged overalls, pants 
and stocking of their boys, which must 
be mended, week after week, and consid¬ 
ered me file fortunate one. It is my opin¬ 
ion that at the end of n few more months 
of driving the laundry wagon, either your 
fondness for the job, or your health (hut 
more likely both), will make you long for 
a comfortable nook in some well-kept 
home. If you tenderly cherish the home 
ties you will be the gainer in the end; 
but if you scorn father and mother, 
weighed down with the burdens they have 
borne and which are interwoven with 
every fiber of nerve and muscle, you will 
regret it. When you are young it is fun 
to be out and about in all weathers, but 
when the vigor of youth begins to ebb. n 
remunerative occupation under a tight 
roof with congenial companions will he 
more genuine “fun.” So don’t despise 
your ability to cook, sew, etc., anything 
that is home-making. Your talent for col¬ 
lecting will surely keep your wits collect¬ 
ed when the laundry wagon must bo given 
up, and help you earn a living and a 
name at something in which you erxcel. 
The neighbors may he willing to go miles 
to procure your bread, or your nursing, or 
your fatted poultry, or your ability to 
mend, or your homespun yarn, either of 
wool or of intellectual ideas for such 
progressive papers as The I*. N.-Y. Fare¬ 
well. Barbara; hope to hear from you 
again. * aliquasia. 
Massachusetts. 
in the 
“It is 
“Mrs. Bings’ new baby is just 
fashion.” “How do you mean?” 
such a red cross affair.”—Baltimore 
American. 
UNMILL A SI EOS 
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Thousands of the nation's 
famous dairy stock farms own 
Unadilla Silos. Here, where 
every purchase is made for 
quality, for endurance, for good 
looks, for conveniences, the 
Unadilla Silo won out in com¬ 
parison. Better still, when a 
new silo is added on these 
farms, it’s invariably a Unadilla. 
Every Borden farm has its Unadilla. 
Many National, State, County, 
College and School farms have 
Unadillas. 
Do you want more proof that the 
Unadilla is the safest and most con¬ 
venient silo to buy? The big 1919 
catalog has it. Write today for our 
early order discount offer. 
A few good agents wanted 
Unadilla Silo Co., Box C, Unadilla. N. Y. 
or Des Moines, Iowa 
Vs OFF SILOS 
I will sell by mail as 
long as they last at a 
discount of 33V$%, my 
entire stock of five hun¬ 
dred silos of a well- 
known make. These 
silos are all new and 
first-class in every way. 
Why pay the salary and 
expense of a salesman ? 
Buy by mail and put 
that money in your own 
pocket. 
M. L. SMITH, Manuiacturer’s Agen V 
113 Flood Building 
Meadville Pennsylvania 
Di rico & Standard 
Direct From Factory 
If I have your order to build YOUR Silo NOW. 
in the off season; for delivery next summer. I’ll savo 
you even more money than ordinarily. 
I sell DIRECT. My profit, the only profit y«* 
pay. My guarantee guarantees. I make the DIR1GO 
and STANDARD Silos so good dial in 8 year* 
experience the fust one l»a» yet to be returned (os 
any reason whatsoever. Write for prices and 
my interesting 96 page FREE booklet today. 
A. H. Stevens. President. Stevens Tank and 
'Tower Co. Auburn. Maine. 
Dairy Profit and 
Good. Silos live 
onlRe Same faririj 
Farmers thnt i.inko money from dairying use the liESl 
silos. Green Mountain Silos nro always at homo whert 
quality rules. StaveB are creoBoto - dipped to prevent 
decay; hoops extra heavy; Btromp nnehoi 
___ , ... .horage system 
prevents blowing ovur. Doors ore like refrigerator doors 
Write for folder and advantages of early buying. 
CREAMERY PACKAGE MFG. CO. 
338 West St., Rutland, Vt. 
GREEN MOUNTAIN SILOS 
Two Excellent Vegetable Books 
By R- L. Watts 
Vegetable Gardening . . • • • $1.75 
Vegetable Forcing.2.00 
Clearly written, practical, convenient for 
reference, covering outdoor and green¬ 
house vegetable work. For sale by 
The Rural New-Yorker 
333 W. 30th St., New York 
